Schedule F Reinstated — Civil Service Purge Enables Propaganda Control (2025-01-20)

Trump reinstates and expands Schedule F, an executive order stripping civil service protections from thousands of federal employees. Career officials are replaced with political loyalists. The move represents administrative propaganda — controlling the government message by controlling who delivers it. Independent agencies (CDC, NOAA, Census Bureau) are brought under political control, eliminating sources of counter-narrative.